Muslims encouraged to respect all faiths

Wednesday

Oct 3, 2012 at 12:01 AMOct 3, 2012 at 7:10 AM

The outrage and fury in the Muslim countries over the American film that maliciously demeans Islam and the Quran and mocks the Prophet Muhammad under the guise of freedom of speech is not new and is considered blasphemous.

The outrage and fury in the Muslim countries over the American film that maliciously demeans Islam and the Quran and mocks the Prophet Muhammad under the guise of freedom of speech is not new and is considered blasphemous.

The reaction is similar to those from the cartoon publications in the newspapers in Holland and recently in France, the publication of The Satanic Verses by the British writer Salman Rushdie and the burning of the Quran by a pastor in Florida and by soldiers in Afghanistan.

The Grand Mufti (highest official of religious laws) of Egypt urged that protests be peaceful. The retaliation of Muslim extremists is definitely unjustifiable.

Moreover, reports of specific insults to Christianity by Muslims are available. The strong message of the Quran, that is entrenched in almost every Muslim, is to revere other religions.